In this textbook, excerpts from 12 German appellate decisions are analysed by Hein Kötz and Hans-Bernd Schäfer from a legal and economic perspective. The authors wish to show what contribution economic analysis can make to solve practical cases in a way which is both efficient and consistent with the wording of the applicable statue.
In this textbook, excerpts from 12 German appellate decisions are analysed by Hein Kötz and Hans-Bernd Schäfer from a legal and economic perspective. The authors wish to show what contribution economic analysis can make to solve practical cases in a way which is both efficient and consistent with the wording of the applicable statue. It turns out that while the results reached in some decisions withstand economic criticism, the results of other cases do not.
Christoph Althammer
ist Professor für Bürgerliches Recht, Deutsches, Europäisches und Internationales Verfahrensrecht, Internationales Privatrecht sowie außergerichtliche Streitbeilegung an der Universität Regensburg.
Judex oeconomicus Rechtsökonomie richterliche Entscheidungsfindung